Matt Walker suited up for Philadelphia on Monday for the first time since Oct. 26.

He rejoined the team from the minors earlier this month, but had been sitting in the press box. Walker saw just 8:59 of ice time in a 3-2 shootout loss to Colorado and has no fantasy value. Tue, Dec 20, 2011 08:13:00 AM

Matt Walker was a healthy scratch in the Flyers' 4-2 win Saturday night.

Walker would be the Flyers' insurance policy should Meszaros be forced to miss any time. He has no points and 16 penalty minutes in three games this season and has obviously no fantasy value. Sun, Dec 4, 2011 01:30:00 PM

Matt Walker has to clear waivers today first, but the Philadelphia Flyers fully plan to bring him back to their defense corps in Anaheim tonight.

Walker, 31, was demoted by the Flyers earlier this week but the team has reconsidered and would like to use Walker to give them some of the experience they will be missing while veteran Chris Pronger and Andreas Lilja out for the next month.

With Chris Pronger out at least a couple of weeks, Matt Walker will get a chance to play more.

Walker, who has been alternating with Andreas Lilja at the bottom end of the Flyers’ blue line rotation, has only played in two of the club’s first eight games. He was dressed Monday night against Toronto when Pronger was hurt, and played 11:55. His only other action was at Ottawa last Wednesday. Lilja has played six games and is averaging 12:39.

According to Flyers GM Paul Holmgren, Walker is healthy despite not participating in Philadelphia's Thursday morning skate. We would be surprised if this turned out to be the only time that Walker was a healthy scratch in 2011-12.

Roman Lyubimov made the most of his return to the lineup as he scored his second of the season and added an assist in a 5-3 win over Calgary.

Lyubimov has three points in 13 games thus far as he started the game with Chris VandeVelde and Brayden Schenn. He has been a healthy scratch on plenty of occasions this season but efforts like Sunday's will get him a full-time gig in the NHL. He is not worth taking at this time but keep an eye on him.

Travis Konecny amassed 17 penalty minutes in Friday's game against the Rangers.

He went after Brandon Pirri midway through the first period after the New York forward committed a boarding infraction on Brandon Manning. Konecny was given five minutes for fighting, two minutes for instigating and a misconduct. The rookie forward has 12 points and 29 penalty minutes in 22 matches.

Raffl lined up with Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek while Brayden Schenn played with Chris VandeVelde and Roman Lyubimov. Raffl has three goals and an assist in 13 games but is pointless in his last four.

Jakub Voracek scored a goal and three assists in Thursday's 6-5 win over the Edmonton Oilers.

The Oilers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second period, but that's when the Flyers went to work. Voracek picked up an assist on Claude Giroux's go-ahead goal (3-2) at the 13:43 mark of the second frame. Voracek's goal in the third period made it 5-4 Edmonton, and his assists on goals by Giroux and Michael Raffl helped complete the comeback. Voracek now has 10 goals and 28 points in 29 games.

Wayne Simmonds recorded his second straight two-goal game during Tuesday's 3-2 win over the Panthers.

He has three power play markers in the span as well, meaning eight of his 15 goals have come on the man-advantage. In fact 13 of his 26 points have come in that fashion. That's pretty impressive to say the least.

Pierre-Edouard Bellemare had an assist and a team-leading 4:07 shorthanded minutes during Europe's 3-2 overtime win against the Czech Republic on Monday.

Team Europe has been the biggest pleasant surprise in the early part of the World Cup and Bellemare has played a meaningful role in that. He also found the back of the net in Europe's 3-0 victory over Team USA on Saturday. Bellemare, who was born in France, had seven goals and 14 points in 74 contests with Philadelphia last season.

Michael Del Zotto will be scratched against the Oilers on Thursday night.

Surprising decision considering Del Zotto has three points over his last five games, including two goals. Through 13 games thus far, he's posted three goals and eight points with 28 blocks and 56 hits.

It wasn't Mason's best effort, but this one was just a wacky game. He's won six games in a row and he improved his overall record to 11-8-3 on the season. Mason will enter his next start with a 2.82 goals-against-average and a .905 save percentage.

Michal Neuvirth (knee) is expected to start skating again on Monday and hopefully return to the Flyers lineup in 10 days.

Neuvirth was projected to miss four-six weeks so this will be on the early side of the prognostication if true. Neuvirth was 4-2 with a .859 save percentage and a GAA of 3.54 before his injury and should get about 40 percent of the starts once he returns to action. Use him accordingly.

Finer words could not have been spoken by the latest Flyer to win a game in net. Stolarz got his first start of his career Sunday and went to chat with Mason on the bench during the timeouts. "Mason has been a great support for me the past couple weeks," Stolarz said. "Really helping me with things. Obviously being a big goalie, like me, I am able to watch him and kind of pick up a few things from him. He’s been a big mentor for me." Stolarz played well enough that he is likely to get a start this week as the Flyers play four games with three coming in four nights.